Middle East Headlines

Qatar national handball team will meet their Danish counterparts on Thursday in their main round competitions opener in the 27th IHF Men's World Championship in Cairo, Egypt. The tournament will conclude on January 31....

World number one Novak Djokovic yesterday hit back at criticism of his letter to Australian Open chief Craig Tiley in which he suggested easing of quarantine restrictions, saying his good intentions were "misconstrued4;....

Indonesia's seventh seed badminton player Jonatan Christie has been knocked out of the Thailand Open in a mesmerising high-intensity upset against India's HS Prannoy, who hung on despite a late shoulder injury....

Qatar participated in the 113th session of the Executive Council of the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in the Spanish capital of Madrid....

Jack Ma resurfaced for the first time since China's government began clamping down on his business empire nearly three months ago, appearing in a live-streamed video that sent Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's stock soaring but left plenty of unanswered...

Armed with a new outlook on life, Rory McIlroy is eager to get over a torrid 2020 and hit the reset button in Abu Dhabi at a tournament that has frustrated him as much as rewarded him....

Asian investors pushed markets higher again yesterday as they awaited the swearing-in of Joe Biden, while they have taken heart from comments by Treasury nominee Janet Yellen as she looks to push through the new president's stimulus proposals....

New York, Jan 20, IRNA Iran's permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi said here on Wednesday that the unilateral US sanctions against Syria are political, illegal, and inhumane and must be terminated immediately....

Janet Yellen, US President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, urged lawmakers on Tuesday to "act big" on coronavirus relief spending, arguing that the economic benefits far outweigh the risks of a higher debt burden....

Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a sixth straight NBA victory on Tuesday, a 118-102 triumph over Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans....

The designated authorities arrested on Wednesday three people for violating the legal requirements of home quarantine....

Move comes days before Greece and Turkey resume exploratory talks over contested maritime claims in the Aegean Sea....

The 46th US president urged unity, asking Americans to 'start afresh' and to 'begin to listen to one another again'....

Trump leaves White House, skipping Biden inauguration...

AS Roma have been eliminated from the Coppa Italia....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged new US President Joe Biden to "strengthen" a long-standing alliance between the two countries,...

The top health official in the Spanish region of Murcia resigned on Wednesday after admitting he had received a coronavirus vaccine despite not belonging t...

These blessings are meant to inculcate a sense of wonder as well as gratitude to God....

A more infectious coronavirus variant is expected to spread rapidly through France in the coming month, hospital chiefs said on Wednesday, raising fears of another lockdown as hopes faded that ski lifts and restaurants could reopen soon....

Ben Shapiro reports on climate surrounding change of guard in Washington....

Ben Shapiro reports on climate surrounding change of guard in Washington....

The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, paid tribute to Rabbi Gedaliah Schreiber, who passed away at the age of 93. "I received with great sorrow the news of the passing of my friend and friend of my family, the late Rabbi Gedaliah Schreiber,...

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to the end of Donald Trump's tenure as the US president, saying the hawkish president and his administration are relegated to the dustbin of the history in disgrace....

Political commentator and media host: Obama promised unity and what he meant was "let me ram through Leftist policy priorities."...

Political commentator and media host: Obama promised unity and what he meant was "let me ram through Leftist policy priorities."...

Tehran, Jan 20, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo were consigned to the dustbin of history in disgrace....

The Jewish nation left Egypt to fulfill its Divine purpose: to receive the Torah, establish in the Land of Israel a state that will operate on the basis of the laws and values of the Torah....

Exact timing and nature of the drill will depend on coronavirus restrictions, but it's due to include entire army and other government bodies, in apparent message to IranExact timing and nature of the drill will depend on coronavirus restrictions, but...

Joe Biden sworn in as 46th US President at inauguration ceremony in Washington DC...

Ministry of Interior (MoI) takes action against 204 individuals for not wearing masks in public....

The title of the official U.S. Ambassador to Israel's Twitter account that earlier was changed to "The official Twitter account of the US Ambassador to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza" has reverted to its original format and now reads "The ...

'This is not a policy change or indication of future policy change,' embassy spokeswoman says...

The Georgia victories made New York's Chuck Schumer the first Jewish Senate majority leader as Harris would break any ties....

Little is known about the variants as of yet, including whether or not they're more infectious or deadly....

BEIRUT, Jan 20 (KUNA) -- Lebanon's daily confirmed coronavirus case tally rose by 4,332 cases to 264,647 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Another 64 fatalities increased the death toll from the viral illness to 2,084, while...

Al Jazeera takes a side-by-side look at the inaugurations of the two most recent presidents of the US....

Tehran, Jan 20, IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh wrote in a tweet late on Wednesday that the diplomatic vandalism of the former US president Doland Trump and his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stemmed partly from a faulty institutional pr...

Egypt and Qatar have agreed to resume diplomatic relations, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Wednesday....

Peace Now says Israeli authorities are in a 'mad scramble to promote as much settlement activity as possible until the last minutes before the change of the US administration.'...

China is sanctioning more than two dozen officials and members of former president Donald Trump's cabinet, including his secretary of state Mike Pompeo, fo...

What if I had COVID? At 61, I was still young enough to get off easy, though, I couldn't take that for granted, but what about Mrs. G.?...

The Iranian Army fields its advanced surveillance and reconnaissance drones during maneuvers taking place across a "sensitive" coastal stretch....

UTJ MK Yaakov Tessler responded to the decision by the Harish City Council regarding running a business on Shabbat. "The decision by the Harish City Council and the outrageous words of the mayor hurt the feelings of tens of thousands of Jews and d...

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) Following the recent meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Doha....

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States of America on Wednesday. Here is the full text of his inaugural address given on the step...